Device for sharpening razors.



W. H. DUNN.

DEVICE FOR SHABPENING mzoas.

APPLIOATIOE' TILED FEB. 17, 1909.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM HARRISON nunir,

OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

DEVICE FOR, SHARPENING RAZ ORS.

specification or Letters t Patented Nov. so, i see.

Application filed Febrdary'lZ, 1909. Serial No. 478,394.

Tolgll it may concern:

e 1 i nown that 1,;W1LLIAM-H. D r c1t1zen of the United States, residing Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Device for Sharpening Razors, of which the follovving IS a specification. i

This invention relates to a combined razor strep and hone and its object is to' provide a dev ce of this charaeter which can be convemently manipulated without the necessity of suspending it from'a hook or the like, means being provided whereby the strop may be ma ntained taut while in use, the strep remaining taut irrespective of any stretchln thereof which mightocemfl"v L 1 A furt er object istoprovide a; device hi. this character having a hone which may" be i used when desired, the body of thelstrop being also provided with means for holding a razor whenthe same isbnot in i inafter more fully described and 'pointedout' in the claim. V

In the accompanying dravving s 'the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawin s:-. Figure ilis a ers'pee;

tive view of the evice 'embodying't e res.- ent improvement. ;Fig. 219a view'pa'rt y'in section and partly in side"elevation, the mid;

eferring to the figures by characters designates an elongated strip "constituting the body of the device, said strip being'pro-y cylindrical head 2, whileahandl'fi extends from the other end thereof. Arranged upgn opposite faces of the body l and'adja' the handle are transverse ribs 4'and -5 spectively, the ribs dibeing prbifided-onpne; face with an inwardly extendingfflan'ge' constituting a retaininfi deviee -a sd hereinprov! e with after described. Theri 5' is stepped shoulders 7 and 8.- in Secured to'the'headfl y, vas or othen fabric, thebther'vendgo said strap being providedivifihiejreiiifo'cing'flap" .10 throughv which extends at loop. opposite brtion ofwhic flange 6 fi ipitie etam,v eretoiorereferre' to;

llfl-rextending; ,jitbeing and? toward the jha'ndlef supplemental handle strajgestretches as h W th these and otherobjects in view th to draw the strap 9 longitudinally and thus taut. y

A strap 13', preferably' iof leather, is also secured at one end to'theheadnflyand both of the straps 9 and 13 can' be secured to this head by means of a metal handy extending across said'ends and having its terminals lapping the ends of the hen 2 and riveted or otherwise fastened to 1t. This leather strap has itsyfree end secured to one face oi. a supplemental handle 15, one end of this handle projecting beyond the end of the strap and being beveled as indicated at 16, so as to en ageeither of the shoulders 7 and 8. W en the lace. this beveled end 16 into engagement with the, shoulderfi, and, by

3 can'be drawn? taut. .As this 3, the strap 1 theiresu'lt, of constant use, velefl end offlthe supplemental handle placed in engagement with the shoulh nit; is desired to taut; nthe draj Ask. n bone '17 can device is new it is designed todrawing the 15 to ward the handle use-the strap 13 be -secured upe iq a fy W- 9S3? fz c'o'i' 'rse tozbe nnderstoodth'at when 9e he supplemental handle 15 cm the rib 5. so asto permit to b 'swu ng away. from the Elastic 8 are secured iipoii thefop osite-fi1ce of'the bodyl, and

razor, "suc1 ,5is indi ated. at-{19, in posit ion own; 1

desired tti us the-deyice the i sengnged from thus fully exp 'be major liepurposc of honing the-recon pp emental handle 15 can'then be placed-1n engagement with osed aiid can Qeith'ernof the shoulders i7 8'and by draw- T-in'g it toward the handle 3the strap 13 can b'edrawn taut and the razor stropped there- {611;- IAlso by ushingthe finger-piece 12 lo- {ward the ban le 3 the strap 9 can be utilized forjthesame' pnrpose. It will be'seen that it th'us possible to use this razor strop wirithoutthe necessity of supporting one end thereof .fi'om a hook 'or the ike. Importance is attached to the fact that by i means"'of"-the adjusting devices employe f both ofthe straps can be maintained taut at all times during the use thereof.

these" ba'nds be ntilized as 'hohling a j gbvio iisly various changes may be made in e construction and arrangement of the sacrificing the advantages of the invention. 5 What is claimed is i a A razor strep comprising a body, a handle at one end thereof, a head upon the other end of the body, a transversely extending rib, upon the body adjacent thehandle, a i flarigeextending froin one face of the rib and curved in the direction ofthe body,

said flange constituting a retaining. device, a

; strap secured at one end to the head and having a reinforced flap at its other end, a loop parts Without departing from the spirit or extending through the fiap and engaged and 15 retained by the flange on the rib, and a -finge'r piece extending -from said loop and through an opening within the flap, said finger piece normally overhanging the handle. I 20 In testimony that I claim the foregoing :is

my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WiLi-JA HARRI'soN DUNN. Witnesses 7 C. S. Bnonnnn'r,

G. H. SWEETSEIL, 

